Comments on: Hero Joy Nightingale: where did she go?

Question: Hero Joy Nightingale: where did she go?

StrikeTheViol — Tue, 29 May 2007 15:52:18 -0800

So what really DID happen to Hero Joy Nightingale?

She's been mentioned on Mefi before, and her poetry and musings are still around, robotwisdom's still up, but the trail just dries up and gets archived. I see a fair number of UK Mefites around...anybody want to help solve a mystery?

By: melissa may

melissa may — Tue, 29 May 2007 17:46:43 -0800

Original link for reference. This is something I've researched too, off and on since the original post, and I've been unable to uncover anything. I very much want to know what happened to her.

By: cortex

cortex — Tue, 29 May 2007 18:16:26 -0800

Yeah, this seems fine. I hope we end up with answers and not just commentary, though.

By: Scram

Scram — Tue, 29 May 2007 18:17:46 -0800

I imagine she started college and her mother stopped speaking through her.

By: StrikeTheViol

StrikeTheViol — Tue, 29 May 2007 18:53:29 -0800

Newest I found was this, but it's been awhile now. How has everything turned out, I wonder? (I'm really hoping she'll pull a woz.)

By: dhartung

dhartung — Wed, 30 May 2007 01:26:06 -0800

This appears to be the website of her brother, Alaric. (Cross-confirmed by Jorn.)

By: Helga-woo

Helga-woo — Wed, 30 May 2007 02:05:23 -0800

Idle speculation, but if she started at Oxford in October 2004, she's probably preparing for her final degree show right about now...

Honestly, as if finals weren't stressful enough without random strangers on the internet wondering what you're up to ;)

By: languagehat

languagehat — Wed, 30 May 2007 07:06:04 -0800

From dhartung's link (the brother's site):

I also spend a lot of my vacation time on the Isle of Mull in Scotland, where we now have a house that's considerably more accessible for my (physically) disabled sister. She adores the quiet, and the very beautiful view from the patio window up there.

I was going to say "sounds like she's doing OK," but then I noticed that page was also from 2003. Seems strange there's been no mention of her since then. Did she wind up not going to Oxford after all?

By: StrikeTheViol

StrikeTheViol — Thu, 31 May 2007 21:32:45 -0800

Thanks, dhartung...well, I emailed one of Alaric's addresses and it didn't bounce...I'm starting to think I should have posted in MeTa...if I don't get any responses, I hope someone would post something there. I've occasionally used the net to track down distant relatives, but there are some really skilled researchers here, far better than I.

By: StrikeTheViol

StrikeTheViol — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 20:44:19 -0800

Unfortunately, no response, as of yet.